Considering who you claim I am are you sure that is the right way to start this downfall of yours? (like you would even have a good foot to put forward)
did you not just tell Dexter, or confirm, that you take the whole Bible as "THE" word of God?
The authority to 'speak for God' was earned by Christ at the cross, Jesus in a glorified body is the very image of Christ in the form of an angel, He can appear in any form they have been know to manifest in. Saul was the living example of how easy it is for Him to gather even the hardest sinner. The OT reference is His 'resume' that allows Him to judge the living as to which door they enter in that God meets both but one group is more preferred than the other.
M'r:9:7:
And there was a cloud that overshadowed them:
and a voice came out of the cloud,
saying,
This is my beloved Son:
hear him.
Proverb:8:22-27:
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way,
before his works of old.
I was set up from everlasting,
from the beginning,
or ever the earth was.
When there were no depths,
I was brought forth;
when there were no fountains abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled,
before the hills was I brought forth:
While as yet he had not made the earth,
nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
When he prepared the heavens,
I was there:
when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
Proverb:8:32-36:
Now therefore hearken unto me,
O ye children:
for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Hear instruction,
and be wise,
and refuse it not.
Blessed is the man that heareth me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting at the posts of my doors.
For whoso findeth me findeth life,
and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:
all they that hate me love death.
Ge:1:1:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Ge:1:3:
And God said,
Let there be light:
and there was light.
John the Babtist was the last Prophet to be called by the same God that was in Ge:1 and 3. Moses was the first of seed of the people that would see the completion of the 'bruise to the heel'. His words are below and it is a description of who he was speaking for as far as whose message he brought. The time of John and Jesus add up to the requirement that fulfill that one part in full. That would be about 12 posts, you aren't ready for that, . . . yet. Jesus became the 'WORD' when he took over preaching from John. Any writer that cames after the cross is taking dictation from Him as His letters to the Churches are what will be used as the standard on who will live and who will die on the day of the lord.
Joh:1:1-4:
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life;
and the life was the light of men.
God, the Holy Spirit and Christ all come a level that is higher than that of the angels, they come from the new heaven that the angels will inherit.
2Co:12:2:
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago,
(whether in the body,
I cannot tell;
or whether out of the body,
I cannot tell:
God knoweth
such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Heb:12:22-23:
But ye are come unto mount Sion,
and unto the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem,
and to an innumerable company of angels,
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn,
which are written in heaven,
and to God the Judge of all,
and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
1Jo:5:7:
For there are three that bear record in heaven,
the Father,
the Word,
and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.
1Jo:1:1:
That which was from the beginning,
which we have heard,
which we have seen with our eyes,
which we have looked upon,
and our hands have handled,
of the Word of life;
Joh:1:34-39:
And I saw,
and bare record that this is the Son of God.
Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
And looking upon Jesus as he walked,
he saith,
Behold the Lamb of God!
And the two disciples heard him speak,
and they followed Jesus.
Then Jesus turned,
and saw them following,
and saith unto them,
What seek ye?
They said unto him,
Rabbi,
(which is to say,
being interpreted,
Master,)
where dwellest thou?
He saith unto them,
Come and see.
They came and saw where he dwelt,
and abode with him that day:
for it was about the tenth hour.
Joh:21:24-25:
This is the disciple which testifieth of these things,
and wrote these things:
and we know that his testimony is true.
And there are also many other things which Jesus did,
the which,
if they should be written every one,
I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.
Amen.
That you are a "literalist".
That is the label you get when you use lateral time rather than rotary time in looking at the week it too for creation to start and end in 4,000BC. Day 1 began 40BYA and ended 4BTA When we look at a month with 4 weeks in it your motion left/right rather than forward or back. It will only take about 6 long posts to show that 21st century methods used on ancient artifacts shows things not seen before.
Like the bones in the catacombs show fractures that re mended to a degree that is not yet possible at any clinic in the world. Not one bone, every single one in the place as a living memorial to God and the signs following that were the 'mark of the men that truly spoke God's WORD'. Get 'bones' to check it out while he' over there.
Are you now saying that there are things in the Bible that should NOT be taken as "THE" word or to be practised literally?
Do whatever you want. it's on your head. I don't have one twinge of guilt to disassemble the Bible into a 'summation that is the beginning and end of this earth in 6 easy to read chapters, Ge:1-3 and Re:20-22. The rest of the book is all about one single verse, Ge:3:15.
Christ signs off as He is the author introduced in Re:1, Scripture goes back to Ge:1:1.
Re:1:1-13:
The Revelation of Jesus Christ,
which God gave unto him,
to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass;
and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Who bare record of the word of God,
and of the testimony of Jesus Christ,
and of all things that he saw.
Blessed is he that readeth,
and they that hear the words of this prophecy,
and keep those things which are written therein:
for the time is at hand.
Re:22:13-21:
I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end,
the first and the last.
Blessed are they that do his commandments,
that they may have right to the tree of life,
and may enter in through the gates into the city.
For without are dogs,
and sorcerers,
and *****mongers,
and murderers,
and idolaters,
and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.
I am the root and the offspring of David,
and the bright and morning star.
And the Spirit and the bride say,
Come.
And let him that heareth say,
Come.
And let him that is athirst come.
And whosoever will,
let him take the water of life freely.
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book,
If any man shall add unto these things,
God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part out of the book of life,
and out of the holy city,
and from the things which are written in this book.
He which testifieth these things saith,
Surely I come quickly.
Amen.
Even so,
come,
Lord Jesus.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Amen.
"I and the Father are one." (John 10:30 NIV)
"But what about you, (Gerry)?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" (Matthew 16:15; Mark 8:29; Luke 9:20 NIV)
Record my answer.
M't:19:16-19:
And, behold,
one came and said unto him,
Good Master,
what good thing shall I do,
that I may have eternal life?
And he said unto him,
Why callest thou me good?
there is none good but one,
that is,
God:
but if thou wilt enter into life,
keep the commandments.
He saith unto him,
Which?
Jesus said,
Thou shalt do no murder,
Thou shalt not commit adultery,
Thou shalt not steal,
Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Honour thy father and thy mother:
and,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
rofl, very telling that you will answer that question, but not my previous questions.
That still puts her at '1' and you at '0'.
Loser is what 2nd is in a 2 person contest is.